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Did You Know: 'Over the Rainbow' Was Almost Cut From Wizard of Oz?...
Seventy-six years ago on July 18, producers were keen on cutting "Somewhere Over the ainbow" from 1939's The Wizard of Oz.
They felt the two-hour film was just too long and cutting the song would put it just under their desired 100-minute length. Associate producer Arthur Freed is credited with championing the song's necessity.
Not only did the song arguably become the most memorable performance of Judy Garland's career, it also contributed to the evolution of the rainbow flag as a gay icon.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Garland acted as an unofficial mascot for a generation of gay men, who flocked to Garland's many performances, referring to themselves as "friends of Dorothy."
"She sometimes seemed to relish [her popularity among gay men], once bragging, 'When I die I have visions of fags singing 'Over the Rainbow' and the flag at Fire Island being flown at half mast,'" The Atlantic's Michael Joseph Gross wrote in 2000.
Later, Garland would outspokenly accuse her lovers of being gay, using the term "fag" negatively.
But still, her iconic song may have been a precursor to the creation of the LGBTQ community's rainbow-colored flag.
The rainbow didn't become an official symbol of the gay community until the 1970s. Gilbert Baker apparently designed the first gay pride flag in 1978, originally incorporating eight stripes into the fabric, differing from today's version which has six.
Baker, a Vietnam War veteran and a drag queen, once told MoMa in an interview that "a flag is different than any other form of art. It's not a painting, it's not just cloth, it's not just a logo -- it functions in so many different ways.
"I thought that we needed that kind of symbol, that we needed as a people something that everyone instantly understands...that influence really came to me when I decided that we should have a flag, that a flag fit us as a symbol."
The idea of using the rainbow as a symbol may not have come directly from Garland's celebrated performance, but "Over the Rainbow" did act as a cultural catalyst, propelling the eventual embrace of the rainbow symbol by the world's LGBTQ communities.
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"Dad said I can't date until I'm 40. So maybe I'll just focus on my studies. It's a long way off." - Bindi Irwin, the 16-year-old daughter of late Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, on her romantic life
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This actress explains why her Emmy nomination was 'embarrassing'...
Joe Jonas' DJ Set Cancelled After Police Shut Down Club...
Singer Joe Jonas' DJ set at a New York City nightclub was scrapped on Thursday after police officers were called to shut the party down.
The pop star was due for a special performance in the early hours of Friday morning at a Men's Fashion Week party in Manhattan, but the bash at the Up & Down nightclub was shut down by cops before he could start on the decks.
Candace Cameron Bure Addresses 'The View' Hosting Rumors...
Candace Cameron Bure addressed The View hosting rumors Thursday on Entertainment Tonight.
The 39-year-old actress is reportedly being considered to replace Nicole Wallace as a panelist on the ABC talk show, but told Cameron Mathison she received death threats following her appearance on the program earlier this month.
"Well, that's very exciting and flattering," she said of the rumors. "I always enjoying co-hosting The View every time that I go there, [but] it can be really tricky and difficult. I admit, even a few days that I was on, there were a lot of hurtful comments."
Bure inflamed many viewers with her conservative Christian beliefs by defending an Oregon bakery that refused to make a lesbian couple's wedding cake. The actress sparred with new host Raven-Symone over the issue on the July 7 episode, arguing the incident was not discriminatory.
"I just wish that we all could be respectful to one another regardless of our opinions, especially if they differ from one another," she said of the backlash. "I just wish people would say, 'Good! You have your opinion and I have mine, but let's still be nice and kind.'"
Bure is best known for portraying D.J. Tanner on ABC sitcom Full House, and will reprise the role on Netflix sequel spinoff series Fuller House in 2016. The actress, Bob Saget, John Stamos, Lori Loughlin and their other co-stars began filming the show this week.
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The actress who says her Emmy nomination was 'embarrassing'?
It's Emilia Clarke... found about her Emmy nomination while waiting for a doctor's appointment.
The 28-year-old English actress is up for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her portrayal of Daenerys Targaryen in HBO series Game of Thrones, and reacted to the honor following the announcement Thursday.
"It was a very embarrassing moment," she told the Los Angeles Times. "There's a lovely British girl waiting in the doctor's office, and you've got the best news ever, and you're very excited and a bit loud on the phone."
"All you want to do is just scream and shout, and you have all these people glaring at you thinking, 'What is that woman on?'" she related. "So, yeah, I had to try and contain my excitement for that moment. But it was pretty brilliant nonetheless."
Clarke's nomination is one of 24 the drama received, and co-star Lena Heady is also up in the same category for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister. Clarke said she and the 41-year-old English actress haven't spoken, but used "the telecommunications to congratulate one another."
"I'm just kind of absorbing the cultural footprint the show seems to be leaving," she told the New York Times of the series being honored. "I don't get recognized that much, so I've had time for it to kind of sink in in a rather lovely way, as opposed to in a kind of Britney Spears, shave-your-hair-off kind of way."